Death of the singer Paul Edouard Jean

The Tropicana orchestra has announced on its Facebook account the death earlier in the day of Wednesday of the singer Paul Edouard Jean aka "Grandpa Polo" (1945-2017) for undisclosed reasons.

"I salute the departure to the Grand Horizon of Paul Édouard Jean, famous singer of the Tropicana D'Haïti Orchestra" Dieudonne Luma, Senator of the North

"My sympathies with the Tropicana Orchestra on the death of Paul Edouard" Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant.

Delegation of American parliamentarians in Haiti

A delegation of US parliamentarians has been in the country since Monday, in order to discuss with the Haitian authorities any areas of cooperation deemed a priority. On this occasion, Haitian deputies defended the extension of the TPS in favor of about 50,000 compatriots threatened with expulsion on January 22, 2018.

Project Competences for employment in Tourism...

Tuesday at the Montana Hotel was held the launch of the project "Skills for Employment in Tourism and Hospitality in Haiti (CETHH). This project will offer training programs based on the "Competence" approach which is a very practical teaching method, which will standardize vocational training in the field of hospitality and tourism in Haiti.

1.3 police officer per 1,000 inhabitants

In Haiti, there are currently 1.3 police officer per 1,000 inhabitants. Wednesday in the margin of the presentation in the Senate of the Strategic Plan of Development 2017-2021 of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), Michel-Ange Gédéon, the Director General of the PNH asked for more means emphasizing that in the Caribbean Region the average monthly salary of a police officer was more than 700 US dollars, while in Haiti a police agent (Agent 1) receives the equivalent of 265 dollars...

60 solar street lights in Martissant

60 solar street lights were installed in 19 streets of Martissant. To ensure their maintenance, 10 young people were trained in installation and repair of streetlights.

Pétion-ville place of demonstrations

Tuesday, on the sidelines of the demonstration https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22501-haiti-flash-demonstration-violence-and-intimidation.html Me André Michel, one of the spokespersons for the opposition coalition, declared that "Pétion-ville will now be the site of the opposition's demonstrations", asserting that at each demonstration of the opposition, a branch will leave Pétion-ville, despite the prohibition of the Government.

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